I don't know about LibreElec specifically, but I have a GMKTek with an N150 running debian and kodi. The kernel is a 6.12.16 (older than the latest libreelec 13) and intel graphics firmware 20241210-1. I'd bet that Libreelec is up to date with these. The N150 GPU on this system has a "newer" pciid than N100 so it needs a new driver that can find it.
Thanks, wmorgan!
That makes sense.
I’ve thought i’m installing the latest, but it’s 12.0.2.Did you manage to install that driver yourself?
Do you have any issues?
I have a GMKtec G3+ with the N150. The N150 is pretty new despite being released unofficially a year ago.
I also have tried Debian 12. The kernel needs to be upgraded to 6.12 to make the iGPU to work. I followed this post:
It works great with 4k content but I am unable to get audio passthrough option which is a show stopper for me. If you can share your finding with this would be great.
Currently I am using a Pi4+libreelec, it does CEC and audio pass through flawlessly. It just cant do some 4K content.
Intel continuously breeds new something-lake chipsets and most folks lost track of what's supported or not some time ago. If it appears not to work with LE12 which uses Linux 6.6.x, test the latest LE13 nightly as that's using Linux 6.12.x. If it's so darn new that even Linux 6.12.x doesn't support it, then you'll need to self-build an image with Linux 6.14.x and cross fingers.
I am running into an issue installing the latest LE13. I have written the .img to the internal m.2 SSD using a live Debian 12 cd and used the dd command.
It boots to libre elec from the SSD, I see the libreelec startup screen, come up with a menu to install, hiy 1 to install but then says "No devices were found".
Generic uses a different install flow to ARM SoC boards like Raspberry Pi where you write the image direct to boot media. Generic expects to boot from an install USB which installs LE to a formatted (as anything) spare storage device; normally an internal drive but can also be another USB stick. You've written the installer to the target device, but the installer cannot install to itself when its the active boot device (and there are correctly no other devices to install-to found). The workaround is to interrupt boot at the syslinux stage and type 'run' instead of booting into the installer; the 'run' (from USB) mode should expand the storage partition to 100% size and then boot into Kodi. You end up at the same destination but having taken a different route.
Generic uses a different install flow to ARM SoC boards like Raspberry Pi where you write the image direct to boot media. Generic expects to boot from an install USB which installs LE to a formatted (as anything) spare storage device; normally an internal drive but can also be another USB stick. You've written the installer to the target device, but the installer cannot install to itself when its the active boot device (and there are correctly no other devices to install-to found). The workaround is to interrupt boot at the syslinux stage and type 'run' instead of booting into the installer; the 'run' (from USB) mode should expand the storage partition to 100% size and then boot into Kodi. You end up at the same destination but having taken a different route.
Thank you! Working now. Thank you for your time and expertise.
Intel continuously breeds new something-lake chipsets and most folks lost track of what's supported or not some time ago. If it appears not to work with LE12 which uses Linux 6.6.x, test the latest LE13 nightly as that's using Linux 6.12.x. If it's so darn new that even Linux 6.12.x doesn't support it, then you'll need to self-build an image with Linux 6.14.x and cross fingers.
Great, it worked!
